Issue in this issue >>> 53.1 Canadian Championships Mountain Synchro Canada Winter Games STARSkate Finals Thin Ice current topics >>> Justin Hampole Takes Home Bronze 2015 Canadian At Canada Winter Games Championships VANCOUVER – Prince George’s own Justin Hampole earned a bronze medal at the Canada Winter Games.. Great Performances by all our - Written by Amy Judd- Online News Producer Global News BC/ YK Skaters! All Results on page 5 he figure skater was second going For the pre-novice women, Olivia Gran of into the day‟s competition after a Kelowna skated a personal best in the short T program and was in first place going into the Our two BC Men landed on the personal best short program on Tuesday. After podium! Jeremy Ten placed 2nd another clean program he earned a combined free skate but struggled on her jumps in the total of 91.88 points to place performance. She scored a overall and Liam Firus 3rd. Both third. total of 94.83, which was men qualified for the 2015 Four “My goal was 90 points Continent Figure Skating “I never expected to win a enough for the silver medal Championships in Seoul, Korea. medal,” said Hampole. and I achieved that and I behind Sarah-Maude Blanchard of Quebec. Alisa Jeremy also qualified to compete at “My goal was 90 points and I am so happy to have won the World Championships in achieved that and I am so Lyesina (Victoria) placed Shanghai , China March 23-29, happy to have won bronze. It bronze. It has been a fifth. 2015. has been a great experience.” great experience.” In the Special Olympics Lev- “I have never been that nerv- el 2 competition Matthew Lai ous before a skate before. But, (Richmond) earned gold and I have been talking with a his teammate Eric Pahima sport psychologist and he said that if you don‟t (Vancouver) earned silver. have nerves you don‟t care. I was really nerv- ous so I guess I must really care.” Team BC won four medals overall. Beres Clements (Gibsons) skated a strong program and finished in fourth place overall. -More Canada Winter Games Coverage on pg. 7 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 10 Mt Boucherie Skating Club Welcome Exciting Club Events Message From Our Chairman Northern BC Centre for Skating Lorraine Mapoles On hosting the Canada Winter Games Saanich Skating Club Competitors and their Spring Fling Recital BC Competitors 3 Terrace Skating Club BC Skaters Abroad Skater competes at the Canada Winter Games Our International Skaters and their results Valleyview Skating Club Nationals Skating Programs Congratulations to all our skaters at Nationals Canada Winter Games Results Gold Feet 18 Stephanie Divín BC Skaters Achieve Gold Canada Winter Games Story All across the Province skaters pass Gold Tests Mountain Synchro Competition Memories and photos of the 2015 Synchro Competition Coaches Corner 22 STARSkate Standings NCCP Course Dates Results and Challenge Teams Upcoming course registration LTAD Aligning Coach Training Club News 10 CEP Program Cowichan Lake District Skating Club Updates to Professional Development An update on their season Joanne McLeod Coquitlam Skating Club Wins Coaching Excellence Award Congratulations to all Club Competitors Duncan Skating Club Events Calendar 25 So far this season 2014/15 Calendar Ice X-plosion LMSSC Upcoming Competitions and events Intermediate Synchro team attends Nationals AGM May 1-2, 2015 Register Now A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN March 2015 As another skating season comes to a Congratulations to Brian Pound who close, I want to thank everyone for their received the Sport BC Presidents Award, time and commitment to the sport of and Joanne McLeod who was named the Ted Barton and Laura Carr will take us Figure Skating in our Section. It has Female Coach of the Year at this years on the BC/YK Athlete Pathway during been another outstanding year that Sport BC Banquet. I am looking for- the Friday workshop. This is a very couldn‟t have happened without all of ward to seeing who will receive the informative weekend that I hope your you!! many awards that will be presented at Club can participate in. There will be a our Section Awards Banquet in May. lot of fun had at the Athlete Trust Boat Congratulations to our skaters for a great Cruise on Friday May 1st and our season. Congratulations to our Super Clubs have been sent information on Awards Banquet on Saturday May 2nd. Series Trophy winners, you tried your updating their Club Bylaws, and also the Information on this weekend is on the best and succeeded. Special congratula- Club Ranking that will happen this year. Section Website. tions to the Team Members from the Club AGM‟s are coming up as well as Okanagan that won the Super Series yearend ice shows and test days, so good Team Challenge this year in Kelowna! luck on all of these events! Well done!! We are very proud of our Lorraine Mapoles medalists at Canadians and at Canada I hope to see several of you at the Sec- Chairman BC/YK Section Winter Games this year. tion AGM weekend in Burnaby with Skate Canada workshops on Friday May 1st and Satur- Special thanks goes to the coaches and day May 2nd. We will have Norm Proft team managers that went to Canada the Member Services Director for Skate Winter Games in Prince George. I was Canada at our AGM, and he will present lucky enough to be there to see what a a workshop on the Friday and a different great bunch of skaters represented BC workshop on the Saturday. and the Yukon at this prestigious event. Register for the ACGM and the National Coaching Conference! Information can be found HERE Page 3 >>> BC Skaters Abroad... BC/YK Section International Skaters Four Continent Championships Seoul, Korea February 9-15, 2015 Jeremy Ten 14th Place Liam Firus 12th Place 2015 World Championships Shanghai, China March 23-29, 2015 ISU World Junior Jeremy represented BC at the Championships World Championships last Tallinn, Estonia week skating among the best in the world. March 2-8, 2015 The final standings were: Madeline Edwards of Port Moody and 1st Place- ZhaoKai Pang of Burn- Javier Fernandez, Spain aby ended up in 6th 2nd Place- place at the World Jun- Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan ior Championships. 3rd Place- They had the 4th best Denis Ten, Kazakhstan free dance of the com- petition. Page 4 >>> Congratulations to all our skaters at NATIONALS! Novice Men Brian Le 10 Novice Men Veniamins Volskis 11 Novice Men Benjam Papp 14 Novice Men Austin Ma 18 Novice Women Rachel Pettitt 1 Novice Women Mckenna Colthorp 4 Novice Women Ajsha Gorman 11 Novice Women Jessica McHugh 17 Novice Women Elvie Carroll 18 Novice Pairs Tessa Jones/ Matthew Den Boer 6 Novice Pairs Sarah Kedves/ Lucas Pallard 11 Novice Dance Ashlynne Stairs/ Lee Royer 4 Junior Men Alexander Lawrence 8 Junior Men Shawn Cuevas 15 Junior Women Cailey England 2 Junior Women Sarah Tamura 6 Junior Women Megan Yim 7 Junior Women Kelsey Wong 11 Junior Dance Brianna Delmaestro/ Timothy Lum 1 Junior Dance Danielle Wu/ Spencer Soo 4 Junior Dance Haley Sales/ Nikolas Wamsteeker 9 Senior Men Jeremy Ten 2 Senior Men Liam Firus 3 Senior Men Mitchell Gordon 8 Senior Women Julianne Delaurier 15 Senior Dance Nicole Orford/ Thomas Williams 4 Senior Dance Madeline Edwards/ Zhaokai Pang 7 Senior Dance Alexa Linden/ Jean Luc Jackson 14 Page 5 >>> 2015 Canadian Tire National Championships HIGHLIGHTS Novice Women Rachel Pettitt– First Place Mckenna Colthorp– Fourth Place Novice Dance Ashlynne Stairs/ Lee Royer– Fourth Place Junior Women Cailey England– Second Place Junior Dance Brianna Delmaestro/ Timothy Lum– First Place Danielle Wu/ Spencer Soo– Fourth Place Senior Men Jeremy Ten– Second Place Liam Firus– Third Place Senior Dance Nicole Orford/ Thomas Williams– Fourth Place EXCITING NEWS! Two BC/YK Senior Men, Jeremy Ten and Liam Firus qualified to compete at the Four Continent Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Korea. Jeremy placed 12th, and Liam placed 14th. Jeremy „s second place finish at the 2015 Canadian Championships also earned him a spot at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China! Congratulations Jeremy! Page 6 >>> The 2015 Canada Winter Games RESULTS EVENT COMPETITOR/ TEAM PLACING Pre-Novice Men Justin Hampole 3 Pre-Novice Men Beres Clements 4 Pre-Novice Women Olivia Gran 2 Pre-Novice Women Alisa Lyesina 5 Novice Men Brian Le 3 Novice Men Benjam Papp 4 Novice Women Mckenna Colthorp 3 Novice Women Ajsha Gorman 6 Novice Dance Ashlynne Stairs/ Lee Royer 3 Novice Pairs Tessa Jones/ Matthew Den Boer 4 Special Olympics Level II Female Stephanie Divin 3 Special Olympics Level II Female Emily Walzak 5 Special Olympics Level II Male Matthew Lai 1 Special Olympics Level II Male Eric Pahima 2 Page 7 >>> March 1, 2015 Stephanie Divín follows OLYMPIC LINEAGE Stephanie Divín followed a family tra- Chapelski. Level II and III athletes were competing dition when she took up figure skating. Stephanie began figure skating 13 years at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.Karol In 1960 the 15-year-old‟s paternal ago and skates at the North Surrey Skat- Divín resides in the Czech Republic but grandfather Karol Divín earned the ing Club where she is coached by Tannis visits his granddaughter every year silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Marshall. The week before arriving in when they talk about their mutual pas- Squaw Valley, California, competing Prince George, Stephanie won the gold sion for skating, according to Stepha- for what was then Czechoslovakia. This medal at the Special Olympics BC pro- nie‟s mom Outi Divin. week Stephanie won the bronze medal vincial championships in Kamloops.